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08 Jul 2020
The Royal College of Surgeons of England is urging government to act upon recommendations made by Baroness Cumberlege, following her independent review into the use of pelvic mesh and other technologies.
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03 Jul 2020
The Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England today welcomes the Government’s commitment to include education of oral health in its reforms to the early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework.
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02 Jul 2020
Giving evidence at the Senedd Health, Social Care and Sport Committee this morning, the Royal College of Surgeons has called for Welsh Government to make development of ‘COVID-light’ sites their key healthcare priority.
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02 Jul 2020
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS Eng) has published best practice guidance on conducting virtual consultations, as new data shows the vast majority of surgeons have used telephone or video conferencing facilities to treat patients during the pandemic.
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26 Jun 2020
With more than one million people waiting over 18 weeks for hospital treatment, a new survey of 1,741 UK surgeons finds one third have been unable to re-start surgery.
This comes one month after NHS England outlined how elective surgery should safely be able to resume.
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19 Jun 2020
The Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England is delighted to announce that Mr Matthew Garrett has taken office as its new Dean. He was elected to the role by the Faculty’s Board in October, and will serve a three year term to 2023.
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16 Jun 2020
The Presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSEng) and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) have issued a joint memorandum to MPs calling for urgent action to help the NHS recover from COVID.
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12 Jun 2020
"I was saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Sir Paul Bramley, who made an important contribution to the Faculty of Dental Surgery and a number of other prominent dental institutions. He served as the Faculty’s Dean between 1980 and 1983, and in 1984, Paul’s service to Dentistry was recognised by a knighthood".
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12 Jun 2020
Medical leaders from the Royal College of GPs, Royal College of Surgeons, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh and Royal College of Emergency Medicine met with the Health Minister, Robin Swann to discuss his plan to rebuild Northern Ireland’s health service.
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11 Jun 2020
Figures released by NHS England this morning show 239,088 fewer ‘admitted pathways’ were completed in the NHS in April 2020 than in the same month last year – a drop of 85%. It demonstrates that hundreds of thousands of people have been left waiting for treatment while the NHS responds to COVID-19.
